2025 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop Agenda
| Date | Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 8:00am - 9:00am | Breakfast (Provided) and Registration | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 8:15am - 8:25am | Call to Order/Welcome | Kevin Robb, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 8:25am – 8:45am | Working Breakfast: MSR Campaign | Patricia Paviet, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 8:45am – 10:05am | Fuel Salt and Strategic Materials | Joanna McFarlane, Oak Ridge National Laboratory John Elling, Molten Salt Solutions Toni Karlsson, Idaho National Laboratory Brittney Blackwood, AlphaTech Ralph Hania, NRG PALLAS |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 10:05am – 10:20am | Break | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 10:20am – 11:35am | Fuel Cycle | Richard Mayes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Mike Stake, Metatomic Energy Christina Leggett, Oklo Bill Phillips, Idaho National Laboratory Melissa Rose, Argonne National Laboratory |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 11:35am – 12:55pm | Working Lunch (Provided) | Ben Snyder, Fissionaire |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 12:55pm – 1:35pm | Lightning Talks | Hunter Andrews, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Hansol Kim, Texas A&M University Toni Karlsson, Idaho National Laboratory - NRIC Ammon Williams, Idaho National Laboratory Shaheen Dewji, Georgia Institute of Technology Nayoung Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jihun Kim, Seoul National University |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 1:35pm – 2:35pm | Advanced Materials and Manufacturing 1 | Rishi Pillai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Caitlin Huotilainen, TerraPower Cem Topbasi, Electric Power Research Institute Adrien Couet, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 2:35pm – 2:50pm | Break | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 2:50pm – 3:05pm | Director’s Remarks | Stephen Streiffer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Tuesday, Nov 18th | 3:05pm – 3:30pm | DOE Regulatory Development Program Initiatives to Meet the Nuclear Presidential Executive Orders | Scott Ferrara, Idaho National Laboratory |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 3:30pm – 4:55pm | Developer Forum 1 | Patricia Paviet, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Saltfoss, Esben Klinkby Thorizon, Sander de Groot Fissionaire, TBD |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 4:55pm – 5:00pm | Closing Remarks | Kevin Robb, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Tuesday, Nov. 18th | 5:00pm | Adjourn | Kevin Robb, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 8:00am - 9:00am | Breakfast (Provided) and Registration | |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 8:15am – 8:30am | Call to Order, Keynote, Working Breakfast | Kevin Robb, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 8:30am – 10:00am | Civil Maritime Applications | Marc Fialkoff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Jason Karcz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Chris Staab, Core Power Meg Dowling, Lloyd’s Register Alex Enders, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 10:00am – 10:15am | Break | |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 10:15am – 11:35am | Perspectives on Safeguards and Security | Logan Scott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Lester Towell, Abilene Christian University NEXT Lab Karen Hogue, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Johnathan Scherr, Natura Resources Eva Uribe, TerraPower |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 11:35am – 12:55pm | Working Lunch (provided) | Keith Michaud, Merrick |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 12:55pm – 1:35pm | Lightning Talks | Hunter Andrews, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Adam Burak, Arbor Halides Tomoaki Imai, MiRESSO Co., Ltd. Maria Inman, Faraday Technology, Inc. Alex Gomez, Core Power Loyal Fischer, KSB Evan Pilant, Sporian Microsystems, Inc. |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 1:35pm – 3:05pm | Modeling and Simulation Advancements | Bob Salko, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Yonghee Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Ben Collins, University of Texas at Austin & Veracity Mauricio Tano Retamales, Idaho National Laboratory Matthew Christian, Sandia National Laboratories Izak De Kock, NRG PALLAS |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 3:05pm – 3:20pm | Break | |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 3:20pm – 4:45pm | Developer Forum 2 | Melissa Rose, Argonne National Laboratory Wielenga Innovation Foundation, Thomas Wielenga Stellaria, Antoine Gerschenfeld TerraPower, Eva Uribe |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 4:45pm – 4:50pm | Closing Remarks | |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 4:50pm – 7:00pm | Poster Session, Working Reception in lieu of Dinner | Richard Reed, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Wednesday, Nov. 19th | 7:00pm | Adjourn | |
| Thursday, Nov. 20th | 8:00am – 9:00am | Breakfast (Provided) and Registration | |
| Thursday, Nov. 20th | 8:15am – 8:25am | Call to Order, Working Breakfast | Kevin Robb, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Thursday, Nov. 20th | 8:25am – 8:50am | Licensing Insight | Ben Beasley, Natura Resources |
| Thursday, November 20th | 8:50am - 10:10am | Advanced Materials and Manufacturing 2 | Caitlin Huotilainen, TerraPower Ramanathan Krishnamurthy, Haynes Int. Joe Hensel, HybriMet LLC Rishi Pillai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory David Lambertin, NAAREA |
| Thursday, Nov. 20th | 10:10am – 10:25am | Break | |
| Thursday, November 20th | 10:25am - 11:50am | Developer Forum 3 | Joanna McFarlane, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Kairos Power, Gus Merwin Copenhagen Atomics, Aslak Stubsgaard Natura Resources, Michael Stoddard |
| Thursday, November 20th | 11:50am - 11:55am | Poster Awards | |
| Thursday, Nov. 20th | 11:55am – 1:15pm | Working Lunch (Provided) | Richard Howard, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Thursday, Nov. 20th | 1:15pm – 1:30pm | Transition to Breakouts | |
| Thursday, Nov. 20th | 1:30pm – 4:30pm | Breakout 1: Manufacturing Demonstration Facility Tour (prior signups required) | |
| Thursday, November 20th | 1:30pm - 4:30pm | Breakout 2: MSR Off-gas Roadmapping | Hunter Andrews, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Thursday, November 20th | 1:30pm - 4:30pm | Breakout 3: The Molten Salt Thermal Properties Database: and Means for Use in Applications | Ted Besmann, University of South Carolina |
| Thursday, Nov. 20th | 4:30pm | Adjourn |